Date of Award

8-1932

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Education

First Advisor

George E. Vander Beke

Abstract

The idea of providing special educational facilities for children of superior intelligence is by no means a novel one. The subject has recently come to engage a large part of the attention, not only of psychologists and educationists but also of laymen. If nature really endows some children intellect­ually more generously than she does others - and the data pre­sented in this thesis will convince any fair-minded person that this is the case - the fact is of importance to those who are interested in social advancement as well as to those teachers and parents who are striving to do the best they can for each individual committed to their care. It is not difficult to recall the time when everyone thought that "bright" children could look out for themselves - as a result of which opinion these children ere neglected, in the schools at any rate, in order that teachers might devote all their energies to the less able and backward pupils. The view generally held was that it would be best for the group as well as for the individ­ual to keep all children in a school class at as near the same level as possible in intellectual development; or at least, to make a supreme effort to lift up the lowly so that there would not be too great a gap between them and those of their companions who could push ahead more rapidly if encouraged to do so.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of The College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy.

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